Job 37:21 "Men see not the bright light which is in the clouds"

Much of the world's beauty is due to clouds. The unchanging blue of a beautiful, sunlit sky still does not compare to the glory of changing clouds. Earth would become a wilderness if not for their ministry to us.
Human life has it's clouds as well. They provide us with shade, and refresh us..yet sometimes they cover us with the darkness of night. But there is never a cloud without it's bright light. If only we could see clouds from above..in all their glory..bathed in reflective light and as majestic as the Alps..we would be amazed at their shining significance.
We see them only from below, so who will describe for us the "bright light" that bathes their summits, searches their valleys and reflects from every peak of their expanse? Doesn't every drop of rain in them soak up health-giving qualities, which will later fall to earth?
Oh, dear child of God! If only you could see your sorrows and troubles from above instead of seeing them from earth. If you would look down on them from where you are seated "with Christ...in the heavenly realms" (Eph. 2:6), you would know the beauty of the rainbow of colors they reflect to the hosts of heaven. You would also see the "bright light" of Christ's face, and would finally be content to see those clouds cast their deep shadows over the mountain slopes of your life.